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== 2024 Arbitration Committee ==

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their [[:en:WP:ACE2023|election]] by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 1 January 2024:
* {{userlinks|Aoidh}}
* {{userlinks|Cabayi}}
* {{userlinks|Firefly}}
* {{userlinks|HJ Mitchell}}
* {{userlinks|Maxim}}
* {{userlinks|Sdrqaz}}
* {{userlinks|ToBeFree}}
* {{userlinks|Z1720}}

Upon meeting the Wikimedia Foundation's [[foundation:Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|criteria for access to non-public personal data]] and signing the Foundation's non-public information [[foundation:Legal:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information|confidentiality agreement]], all incoming arbitrators [[w:en:Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#Arbitrator_access_to_mailing_lists_and_permissions|will be]] subscribed to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee#Mailing lists|all Committee-managed email lists]], assigned the CheckUser and Oversight permissions for use in office, and given access to the CheckUser and Oversight queues on the [[WP:VRTS|VRTS system]].

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2023:
* {{userlinks|Enterprisey}}
* {{userlinks|Izno}}
* {{userlinks|SilkTork}}
* {{userlinks|Wugapodes}}

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, to remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:
* Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators, who have not elected to retain them, after 31 December 2023:
*: CheckUser: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork
*: Oversight: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork
* Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
* All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the [[:en:WP:FUNC|functionaries' mailing list]], with the exception of Enterprisey, who has elected to be unsubscribed.
* All outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the [[w:en:Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Clerks#Mailing_list|clerks-l mailing list]], with the exception of Izno, who has elected to remain subscribed.

For the Arbitration Committee, '''[[User:L235|KevinL]]''' (<small>aka</small> [[User:L235|L235]] '''·''' [[User talk:L235#top|t]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/L235|c]]) 04:24, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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== Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area ==
== Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area ==

Revision as of 17:54, 19 January 2024

This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.

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Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend the procedures and to extend reliable source requirements to Lithuania as a topic area. Comments are welcome at the relevant request for clarification.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area

Arbitration motion regarding reliable source consensus-required restrictions

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Clerks are instructed to add a new section, entitled "Reliable source consensus-required restriction" to the Enforcement section of the Arbitration Procedures with the following text:

The Committee may apply the "Reliable source consensus-required restriction" to specified topic areas. For topic areas with this restriction, when a source that is not an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution is removed from an article, no editor may reinstate the source without first obtaining consensus on the talk page of the article in question or consensus about the reliability of the source in a discussion at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. Administrators may enforce this restriction with page protections, topic bans, or blocks; enforcement decisions should consider not merely the severity of the violation but the general disciplinary record of the editor in violation.

Remedy 5 of Antisemitism in Poland is superseded by the following restriction:

All articles and edits in the topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction".

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe is amended to include the following restriction:

All articles and edits in the topic area of Lithuania history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Lithuania are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction."

Clerks are instructed to link to the Arbitration Procedures in the two restrictions above and are empowered to make other changes necessary to implement this new enforcement procedure.

For the Arbitration Committee,
MJLTalk 21:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding reliable source consensus-required restrictions

Proposed motions on email canvassing

The Arbitration Committee is considering a series of proposed motions related to allegations of inappropriate email canvassing within the Israel-Palestine topic area in violation of Wikipedia policy. Community statements and evidence submissions are welcome at the above link, or by email to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org if information cannot be posted publicly. For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Proposed motions on email canvassing

Arbitration motion regarding GiantSnowman

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 1.2 of the GiantSnowman case ("GiantSnowman admonished and placed under review") is amended to read as follows:

1.2) GiantSnowman is admonished for overuse of the rollback and blocking functions, and reminded to "lead by example" and "strive to model appropriate standards of courtesy"; to "respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrative actions and to justify them when needed"; to not use admin tools in "cases in which they have been involved" including "conflicts with an editor" and "disputes on topics"; to "treat newcomers with kindness and patience"; and to apply these principles in all interactions with all editors.

With the exception of obvious vandalism or obvious violations of the policy on biographies of living persons:

  • GiantSnowman is prohibited from reverting another editor's contribution without providing an explanation in the edit summary. Default edit summaries provided by MediaWiki or user scripts are not sufficient for the purpose of this restriction. For the avoidance of doubt, use of MediaWiki rollback with an edit summary via a user script such as this one, or via massRollback.js, is permitted.
  • GiantSnowman is prohibited from blocking an editor who has not been recently warned for the conduct in question. For the purposes of this restriction, "recently" is assumed to be within 7 days.

Violations may be reported by any editor to the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard. GiantSnowman may appeal these restrictions directly to the Arbitration Committee at any time.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 19:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Arbitration motion regarding GiantSnowman